Welcome to capfriendly, these trades and signings are heavily weighted towards the Sabres are probably unrealistic.

LA declines heavily

LA doesnt have the cap


That NYR trade is a huge L for Buffalo

You're wrong. Nice try though.

Yeah, yikes good call.

You think these trades are realistic?

No. Not at all actually.
You said the trades are weighted towards the Sabres and that Rangers trade definitely isn't.

Yeah, I just said I was wrong above. Sabres can get a lot more.

Let's start with simple math:

Okposo has a $6 million cap hit for two years. Athanasiou has a cap hit of $2.7 million. Ergo, this proposed trade increases LA's cap by $3.3 million. LA has $2.7 million in cap space with a full roster ready to go to training camp.

Now, to merit: Okposo is a pure cap dump. MacInnis is 26 years old with only 25 games in the NHL despite having been a second-round draft pick, i.e., a bust and an AHL lifer. The fourth-round draft pick wouldn't be adequate compensation for the Kings if they were giving you a seventh-round draft pick in 2024, so asking for an actual NHL middle-6 forward is absurd. Add to that the fact that LA's only trade interest right now is for a young LD prospect, and it should be obvious why the Kings would never consider this offer for more than 3 nanoseconds.